Paper-currency holder



Dec. 31, 1929. s, ALTMAN JAPER CURRENCY HOLDER Fild Jan. 24, 1929awuenio'c I 6 111 a 11 A Z 1711417 @51 2 s wow Patented Dec. 31 1 929 ESTATES SIMON ALTMAN, or BRONX, new YORK PAPER-CUBRENGY HOLDERApplication filed January 24, 1929. Serial No. 334,675.

This invention relates to a device "for protecting paper currency frombecoming lost or stolen, and it is the principal object of my inventionto provide a simple and therefore inexpensive device of this characterwhich,

however, is durable and etlicient in operation.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a bill or currencyholder which se- 1Q curely holds and protects the bills while allowing aready removal of one or more of the bills for use. 7

A further object of my invention is the provision of a bill or papercurrency holder,

adapted to be securely held within a containor as for instance a ladyshand bag by means of a chain or the like preventing the accidental lossof the currency upon the opening of the bag as it frequently happens,and also preventing pick-pockets from abstracting the money even it theyhave succeeded in surreptitiously opening the hand-bag as the tug at thedevice for removing bills therefrom will call the wearers attention tothe intended theft.

These and other objectsand advantages of my device will become morefully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be morespecifically defined in the ap- 3G pended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosureFig. 1 illustrates a holder for paper currency constructed according tomy invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a plate, forming part of the bill holder,Figure 1.

Fig. 4 illustrates the application and use or" my device in a ladys handbag the material o1 which is partly broken away to show the interiorarrangement.

As illustrated in Fi ures 1, 2, and 8, my device for holding togetherpaper currency consists of a plate 10 preferably a metal plate havingits ends for a short distance longitudinally and then transverselyslotted, as at 11 and 12 respectively to formshoulders 18,

1.4 at each end.

Through thetransverse slots an endless rubber band 15 of suitablestrength is drawn,

and the paper bills or currency 16 are drawn in the manner illustratedin Figure 1 and 2, and firmly held against plate 10 on both sidesthereof by the rubber band. It will be clear that in this manner thebills will be securely held together protected against loss while theymay readily be removed for use by drawing the same laterally from'between rubber band and holder.

; The plate 10 intermediate its ends and near one of its side edges isequipped with a hole 17 for a purpose hereafter to be more fullydescribed. Y

As illustrated in Figure 4;, the. device can conveniently be used with aladys hand bag 18 by attaching admin at one end in hole 17 and securingthe other end at any convenient point within the hand bag, for instanceat 20. Y

The operation of my device will be entire- 1y clear from the abovedescription and simultaneous inspection 01 the drawing, and it will beevident that the bills placed upon both sides of plate 10 will besecurely held by the rubber hand against the plate and cannot becomeaccidentally lost, while they are always handy for use. This is alsotrue if the device is used in a ladys hand-bag or the like in which casethe plate is securely held with the bills thereon within the bag by achain attached to the plate and to a convenient point in the hand bag,so that upon opening of the bag even if the bundle of bills falls out itcannot get lost or stolen by pick pockets without that the wearerbecomes aware oi the attempt to surreptitiously abstract the bills.

While I have described and shown the preferred form of my device as oneexample of the many ways in which the same may be practicallyconstructed, I may make such changes in its construction as come withinthe scope of the appended claims without departure from the spirit ofthe invention and the principle involved.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. Paper currency holder comprising a plate, shoulders formed at theends of said plate by slotting its material longitudinally andtransversely, and an elastic means held beneath said shoulders forpressing a plurality of bills firmly against said plate at both sidesthereof to protect the same against loss and surreptitious removal whileallowing a ready removal of a bill or bills for use.

2. Paper currency holder comprising a metal plate having a holeintermediate its ends, shoulders formed at the ends of said plate byslotting the material thereof, an

endless rubber band drawn through the slots in said plate to cover bothsides thereof, allowing an introduction of bills between the rubber bandand plate on both sides of the latter, to securely hold the billstogether protected against loss while allowing a ready removal of samefor use. 7

3. Paper currency holder comprising an elongated metal plate having aperforation intermediate its ends near one side thereof,

a palr of shoulders formed at each end of said plate by slotting thematerial, a rubber band passed around said plate and securely held inthe slots thereof allowing the interposition of a sheaf of papercurrency between rubber band and plate on both sides thereof and a chainhaving one of its ends secured in the perforation of said plate and theother to a container.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this22nd day of January, A. D. 1929. p I

SIMON ALTMAN.

